Month: February 2009

Can A Recession Seriously Boost Online Dating?

Posted on February 19, 2009

Zoosk logo MARKET WATCH — Feb 19 — Zoosk targets 20 and 30 somethings, a demographic that spends a lot of time on social networking sites. Zoosk's founders say their site is among the first to incorporate social networking into online dating. Zoosk has received $4.5 million in funding and has 16.5m users. Not all dating sites are growing like Zoosk. Spark Networks saw sales drop to $14m vs. $15.8m a year ago, while Match.com's revenue grew 5% to $93.5m. While jobless people may be also lonely, many will find paying $25 to $35 a month for a dating service a luxury when they have no income and will use Zoosk or free sites like PlentyofFish. FULL ARTICLE @ MARKET WATCH

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eHarmony Spends $93.3 Million In Advertising In 9 Months

Posted on February 19, 2009

Eharmony-logo EHARMONY BLOG — Feb 11 —

Rank     Site                     Jan 07 to Sep 07     Jan 08 to Sep 08
1          eHarmony                79,019.631             93,255.171
2          Match.com               51,170.580             47,607.049
3          Chemistry.com         12,125.655             28,282.073
4          Cupid.com                  1,067.142                 847.231
5          Nocheatersdate.com         0.000                 822.042
6          Blacksingles.com           272.964                 510.251
7          AdultFriendFinder.com      0.000                 243.553
8          AshleyMadison.com         59.977                 243.420
9          Ciaorossano.com               0.000                 212.750
10        ChristianMingle.com           0.000                 201.213
Source: The Nielsen Company (2009)

The full article was originally published at eHarmony blog, but is no longer available.

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EasyDate Offers 100% Revenue Share

Posted on February 18, 2009

Easydate white label network logo EASY DATE — Feb 18 — UK dating company EasyDate offers 100% revenue share for the next 3 month. If you generate 5000 registrations per month you get 100% of the revenue for the next 6 months. If you generate 10,000, you get 100% revenue for a whole year!

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No Sex Please, We’re Women!

Posted on February 18, 2009

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PRWEB — Feb 17 — Smooch asked its members if people who have sex on the first date are liberated or simply 'easy'. 65% of men consider such behaviour refreshingly liberated, whilst an equally emphatic 65% of women think it's unacceptable. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

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Male / Female Ratios

Posted on February 18, 2009
Christian cafe OPW — Feb 18 — Sam Moorcroft, the CEO/founder of ChristianCafe.com mentioned that he had slightly more women than guys on his site so I asked him for his numbers across various age ranges. He's allowed me to share them with you.  The following stats are across all members in the ChristianCafe database.
       
      Male/Female
18-20 - 50.7% / 49.3% 
21-30 - 42.8% / 57.2% 
31-40 - 40.8% / 59.2% 
41-50 - 37.5% / 62.5% 
51-60 - 33% / 67% 
61+ - 31.9% / 68.1% 
Avg overall - 39.9% / 60.1% 
How's your site compare? Is this typical? Your comments please. – Mark Brooks

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1960’s Quest For Love – Operation Match

Posted on February 17, 2009
Chris walker BOSTON GLOBE — Feb 14 — In the 1960s with a few Harvard buddies, Chris Walker cofounded one of the first computer-generated dating services, Operation Match. Now, after a lifetime spent in real estate development, Walker is attempting to revive his matchmaking business with a self-funded free dating site Personal Quest. The site is still in developing stages, and will offer"first date" video conferences, voice greetings, and detailed search options. Personal Quest is set to launch April 15 in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. FULL ARTICLE @ BOSTON.COM

What Does Markus Do On Sundays?

Posted on February 16, 2009

THE PROVINCE — Feb 15 –  For Markus Frind, CEO of Plentyoffish.com, Sundays are low-key.

Q: What do you do on Sundays?
A: I like to do as little as possible. I like playing video games, go out for dinner and travel.

Q: Are you swamped during the week?
A: Not really but it's starting to get more busy now. I've been doing three or four interviews a day because of Valentine's Day.

Q: Do you still only work an hour a day?
A: I used to do that last year. I started to do more this year now because the site is getting bigger and there's so much to do.

Q: Do you still work from home?
A: No, we have an office now.

The full article was originally published at The Province, but is no longer available.

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The Perils Of Cyber-Dating – Amazon Bestseller

Posted on February 16, 2009
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PR WEB — Feb 15 – Cyber-dating expert,
author and radio host Julie Spira's new book The Perils of
Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online
reached bestseller status on Amazon.com today. Spira's romantic
tell-all memoir is like "Sex and the City" in a Web 2.0 world. Over the
last 15 years Spira has been on over 250 online dates and received
several marriage proposals. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

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